Papers, 1839-1970.

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Papers, 1839-1970.

Papers and files collected by Lawrence. Includes professional and personal papers. Professional papers include correspondence with missionaries, photographs, clippings, reports, publications, typescripts of documents, and articles. Divided into fourteen subseries: Black missions, Cuban missions, Historical files, Indian missions, Jewish missions, Mexican-American missions, Missionaries and denominational workers-correspondence and biographical, Mountain missions, New Orleans missions, Panama missions, Rural/Migrant missions, Subject files, and Woman's Missionary Union. Personal papers include correspondence and subject files.

27 linear ft.

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Burroughs, Nannie Helen, 1879-1961

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In 1879, Nannie Helen Burroughs was born to a formerly enslaved couple living in Orange, Virginia. Her father died when she was young, and she and her mother relocated to Washington, DC. Burroughs excelled in school and graduated with honors from M Street High School (now Paul Laurence Dunbar High School). Despite her academic achievements, Burroughs was turned down for a Washington D.C. public school teaching position. Some historians speculate that the elite black community discriminated again...

Mallory, Kathleen Moore, 1879-1954

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Bell, Paul Carlyle, 1886-1954.

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Mather, Juliette.

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Southern Baptist Convention

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Agencies of the Southern Baptist Convention created charters in an effort to establish their authority, purpose, organizational structure and governmental requirements. From the description of Charters, 1907-1928. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 244247149 At 1992 annual session of the Southern Baptist Convention, James L. Holly proposed a resolution recommending a study of Freemasonry. Holly believed that the principles and rituals of Freemasonry made ...

McCall, Moses Nathanael, 1874-1947.

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Compere, E. L. (Ebenezer Lee), 1833-1895

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Pioneer missionary, pastor, educator, and Superintendent of Missions and Foreign Mission Secretary for the Baptist General Association of Western Arkansas and Indian Territory. From the description of E.L. Compere papers, 1852-1945 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244205795 ...

Southern Baptist Convention. Woman's Missionary Union

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The Woman's Missionary Union was organized in 1888 as an auxilary to the Southern Baptist Convention. The major purpose of WMU has been to raise funds for mission causes and to educate Southern Baptists about the cause of missions. The WMU is headquarters in Birmingham, AL. From the description of Collection, 1902-1997 (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 38838863 The Woman's Missionary Union was established in 1888 as an auxiliary to the Southern Baptist C...

Garrett, Christine

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Southern Baptist Convention. Home Mission Board

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The Home Mission Board began work in Cuba in 1886. Work in the country expanded for about a decade, but by the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898, nearly all mission activity had been demoralized. At the close of the war, the Board entered an agreement with the American Baptist Home Mission Society under which the eastern half of Cuba was transferred to the Society and the SBC's Home Mission Board retained the western half. Southern Baptist work in Western Cuba flourished through the 1950s....

Lawrence, Una Roberts, 1893-

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Writer and denominational worker for Woman's Missionary Union and the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Graduate of Central College, 1918 and the Woman's Missionary Union Training School in 1919. Home Mission Board Study Editor, 1926-1947. Young People's secretary, Woman's Missionary Union, 1920-1926. From the description of Papers, 1839-1970. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 15694698 ...

Tichenor, I. T. (Isaac Taylor), 1825-1902

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Tichenor was a Southern Baptist minister, educator, and executive secretary of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1882 to 1899. From the description of Diary and sermons, 1850-1863. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 264685823 ...

Stumph, Calowa William.

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Armstrong, Annie Walker, 1850-1938

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Beall, Noble Young, 1900-1947.

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Diaz, Albert

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Lawrence, John Benjamin, 1871-1968.

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Gartenhaus, Jacob, 1896-1984

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Southern Baptist missionary to Jews for the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1921 to 1948, evangelist, and founder of the International Board of Jewish Missions. He was born in Austria, the son of a Jewish rabbi. Graduate of Moody Bible College and the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. From the description of Collection, 1921-1991. (Hudson Valley Community College). WorldCat record id: 49611478 ...